High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Marshall County is a
county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is part of
the Wheeling, West Virginia, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of
2000, the population was 35,519. Its county seat is Moundsville.
Its southern border is the Mason-Dixon line. Marshall County is
home to the largest conical burial mound in North America, at
Moundsville. Marshall County was formed in 1835 from Ohio County by
act of the Virginia Assembly. In 1852, on Christmas Eve, workers
completed the Baltimore & Ohio railroad at Rosby's Rock in
Marshall County. It is home to the New Vrindaban community of Hare
Krishnas, and Prabhupada's Palace of Gold.